ט – Tet – Biblical Hebrew Study Dictionary

Word entries are of the format:

Hebrew Word – English Transliteration – Meanings – Word Construction – Notes

 

[Color Code, Transliteration Chart, and Chart of Letter Meanings are at the bottom of this page.]

 

 

ט


טבח    TBCh     guard / cook / slaughter             

‘surround… tent… wall’


טבל     TBL    dip                                       

ט = surround + בלל = flow


טבע     TBO    ring / signet ring                

‘surround… devotion… seen’


טבעת     TBOTh     engulf / sink

‘surround… tent… seen… together’


טהר     THR    be clean / purify

ט = surround + בהר = bright                          

or:     ט  = surround + זהר = shining.  

Until Genesis 34, the opposite word ‘unclean’ is written as this word with the word ‘not’ preceding it.


טוב    TWB     pleasing / good                  

– derived from יטב  (‘bring… surround… tent’).


טוח     TWCh     plaster                             

‘hidden… add to… wall’

To add a hidden state to a wall one can cover ( or ‘plaster’) it.


טול     TWL     hurl                                   

‘surround… add to… far reaching’ 

or:  ‘hidden… add to… far reaching’


טור     TWR     arrange regularly / row              

‘surround… add to… body’  

To add surroundings to a body, one must organize (‘arrange regularly’) everything together to become a cohesive whole.


טיט     TYT     mud / mire          

‘hidden… bring … surround’

– perhaps meaning: sticky


טל       TL      dew                                      

surround… extending’


טמא   TMA     unclean

‘surround… physical… source’

– first occurs Gen 34:5.


טמן    TMN     conceal / cover over 

‘hidden… physical… ahead’


טנא    TNA     basket

‘hidden… emerging… source’

– being from where hidden things emerge.


טעם    TOM     taste / discernment            

‘hidden… perceive… physical’


טעם    TOM     decree / sense / taste         (*Aramaic)


טף      TPh     children                              

‘surround… turn (change)’

– perhaps because having children brings a change in what surrounds a person.


טרם   TRM     not yet

‘hidden… body… physical’

– meaning: not yet manifested.


טרף   TRPh     tear / prey               

‘surround… body… turn (change)’


 

 

 

Color Code

Black = Words constructed only by letter meanings.

Purple = Words constructed with root words + letter meanings.

Brown Italics  =  Related words with meanings derived via logic, context or unknown.

Brown Bold = Words derived via grammar rules.

Red = Unknown word construction.

 

 

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